Style The Right Honourable First holder Abel Muzorewa | Formation 1 June 1979 Final holder Abel Muzorewa | |
Appointer President of Zimbabwe Rhodesia Precursor Prime Minister of Rhodesia |
The position of Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia was the head of government of Zimbabwe Rhodesia. Like the country itself, it was never internationally recognized.
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The only Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia was Abel Muzorewa.
History of the office
The position was established on 1 June 1979, under the terms of the Internal Settlement negotiated between the government of Rhodesia and moderate African nationalists. It existed until, under the terms of the Lancaster House Agreement, control was turned over to Lord Soames as Governor of Southern Rhodesia on 12 December 1979.
Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia (1979)
United African National Council
References
Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA